• Help shape Council's interventions to support a healthy, connected and diverse community.
  
• Permanent Full Time
  
• $101,752.55 base per annum

Exciting opportunity to join one of Melbourne's largest municipalities.

Located in the centre of Melbourne's growing west, Brimbank City Council is a local government that is welcoming, diverse and proud - just like the community we serve.

Being community first underpins everything we do. We work and advocate for our community, being innovative, future-focused and responsive and apply these same principles to the way we work with each other every day.

Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!

We are currently seeking a Full Time Permanent staff member to join our team based at our offices in Sunshine.

The role

Reporting to the Coordinator Social Policy & Research, we are seeking an Health and Wellbeing Policy Officer who can bring their skills and experience to help shape Council's interventions to support a healthy, connected and diverse community. This role leads whole of organisation policy and programs that focus on identified community health and wellbeing priorities in partnership with government, service providers and community groups. We are looking for someone with strong policy skills and ability to drive evidence-based primary prevention initiatives.

To be considered you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in public health, health promotion, social science or related discipline
• Several years skills and experience, preferably in a government or community health setting, in developing, implementing and evaluating public health and wellbeing and/or gender equality policies, action plans and projects
• Local government experience is desirable

Benefits of working at Brimbank include:

• Rostered day off
• 36 hour working week
• Flexible work practices including hybrid working arrangements
• 16 days of personal leave per year (FTE)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (FTE)
• 3 weeks partner leave
• Make a positive impact to your local community

A Position Description for this role is attached. To apply, please include your Resume and a Cover Letter of no more than 2 pages, outlining how you can deliver on the key aspects of the role and how you will assist Brimbank in 'becoming the best it can be'.

Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.

If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment process please contact People Culture and Wellbeing on 92494000.

Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.

To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All applications should be submitted online by clicking on 'Apply now' link.

Direct any queries regarding the role to: [email protected], using the subject line: Health and Wellbeing Policy Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: here.